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BARCELONA.COM, INC. v. EXCELENTISIMO AYUNTAMIENTO DE BARCELONA

Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, International Law
District court's denial of plaintiff's petition for relief under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act is reversed, where it applied Spanish...

BENEFICIAL NAT'L BANK v. ANDERSON

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law
An action filed in state court, to recover damages from a national bank for allegedly charging excessive interest in violation of both the "common law...

YAMAMOTO v. BANK OF NEW YORK

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
A court had discretion to modify the sequence of rescission events in a Truth In Lending Act claim, 15 U.S.C. section 1635, to assure that mortgage...

NAGEL v. TWIN LABS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising
In a suit for violations of California's unfair competition laws and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, a product's ingredients do not satisfy the first...

KIDS AGAINST POLLUTION v. CALIFORNIA DENTAL ASS'N

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
Two virtually identical complaints, brought against defendant by individuals and nonprofit organizations alleging failure to give accurate information...

MILLS v. FORESTEX CO.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Property Law & Real Estate
A siding problem on plaintiffs' house was sufficiently appreciable no later than 1993 to put them on notice to pursue their remedies for latent...

GUYANA TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO., LTD. v. MELBOURNE INT'L COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Remedies
Plaintiff could not avail itself of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA) because it was a supplier, rather than a "consumer"...

ILLINOIS EX REL MADIGAN v. TELEMARKETING ASSOCS., INC.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
States may maintain fraud actions when fundraisers make false or misleading representations designed to deceive donors about how their donations will...

JESSUP v. PULASKI BANK

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
An 18.5 percent interest rate charged on credit card balances was not usurious under 12 U.S.C. Sec. 1831u(f), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Fin....

HAYWARD v. VENTURA VOLVO

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law
The Consumers Legal Remedies Act (Civ. Code section 1750 et seq) does not limit the court in awarding fees to those incurred by plaintiff under a...